Extensis Releases New Digital Asset Management Best Practices Guide

Guide provides businesses with a framework for selecting a DAM system and best practices for implementing and maximising DAM.

Extensis has released a Digital Asset Management Best Practices Guide, designed for companies at various stages of digital asset management implementation. For companies who are considering a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, the guide lays out a framework for selecting a system, including:

Who to involve in identifying criteria, decision making and rollout

How to set up the system for success from the start

Steps to help develop selection criteria, including workflow discovery and infrastructure analysis

A framework for developing selection criteria

A tool for calculating ROI

Tips for evaluating systems

Insights on cloud vs on premise systems

Advice on selecting third party consultants

For companies who are looking to implement a DAM system, maximise their current system, or simply find more efficient ways to manage their digital assets, the guide provides companies with best practices for:

Defining an efficient workflow

Creating folder hierarchies

Creating and using naming conventions

Defining a metadata schema

How to approach keywords

And more

The guide is filled with real-world samples, with tools including an ROI Calculator and Metadata Planning Tool.

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